The Best TV Shows on Play4

Every Play4 Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Stay up-to-date with over 20 of Play4’s elite series, with our list refreshed for January 2026. Premiering in 1998 and 2003, De Mol and De Slimste Mens ter Wereld are among Play4’s most celebrated shows. With its programming history stretching from 1998 to 2025, Play4 offers an impressive lineup of over 20 shows.

  • Scheire and the Creation
    Scheire and the Creation (2012)8.3

    Lieven Scheire wanders like a forensic blood hound on planet science and all her secondary planets. Faithfully assisted by Googleman and his one-man house orchestra Stijn Cole.

  • wtFOCK
    wtFOCK (2018)8.2

    The story of Dutch speaking young teenagers and pupils in a high school in Antwerp, and their troubles, scandals and everyday life. Each season is told from a different person's point of view.

  • De Verhulstjes
    De Verhulstjes (2021)8.0

  • The Day
    The Day (2018)7.9

    The nerve-racking events of a cold winter's day, seen from two different perspectives. The odd episodes tell the story of a team of police negotiators and special forces who respond to a hostage crisis in a small bank branch. The even episodes tell exactly the same events, only through the eyes of the criminals inside and their victims.

  • De Mol
    De Mol (1998)7.8

    The Mole is a reality television game show which was originally created in 1999 by Woestijnvis. It was conceived by Michiel Devlieger, Bart de Pauw, Tom Lenaerts and Michel Vanhove, and won the famous Rose d'Or in Montreux, Switzerland, in 2000. The format has been licensed in 40 countries from all around the world. The show aired on TV1 (now VRT 1) for 3 reasons between 1998 and 2003; in 2016 it was revived and moved to VIER (now Play4).

  • De Slimste Mens ter Wereld
    De Slimste Mens ter Wereld (2003)7.7

    Do we still sing the praises of folly like Erasmus, or is it trendy again to be smart? And if so, who is the smartest? Who can talk about the medals won at the Olympic Games in London, but at the same time knows who Captain Haddock is? Who knows whether Lacan was a hair growth product or a psychoanalyst and can also program their own digital television? Who has déjà vu when leafing through the Encyclopedia Britannica and when reading the interviews with the new Miss Waregem Koerse? Who, oh who, is the smartest person in Flanders, Belgium, Europe, and by extension, the world? That is determined by a fierce battle between three fellow human beings. Every day, someone is eliminated, someone who may not be the smartest, but who is perhaps cherished in their family circle because of their many other talents. The others advance and are joined by a new challenger every day.

  • Celebrity MasterChef Vlaanderen
    Celebrity MasterChef Vlaanderen (2023)7.0

  • Assisen
    Assisen (2023)6.3

  • Vermist
    Vermist (2008)6.1

    Vermist is a Dutch language crime drama produced by Belgian broadcaster VT4 and Netherlands production company Eyeworks. It is broadcast on VT4 and a French language version—Urgence disparitions—is shown by W9. Based on the characters and background of the successful Flemish film Vermist, the first episode was broadcast on March 25, 2008. A second season was broadcast in 2010.

  • James De Musical
    James De Musical (2021)6.0

  • Love Island
    Love Island (2019)5.7

    The Dutch/Flemish version of Love Island will see a stunning cast engage in the ultimate game of love, as they land in a sunshine paradise in search of passion and romance. Each of the glamorous contestants will live like celebrities in a luxury villa, but in order to stay there they will not only have to win over the hearts of each other, but also the hearts of the viewers. Can true love win out on Love Island or is it all a game?

  • F*** You Very, Very Much
    F*** You Very, Very Much (2021)2.3

    Fed up with her banal existence, Ann ditches her life as it is. Dragging her two best friends along, she navigates a year of brutally-honest madness, enlightened by mental field trips to the Stone Age and unsolicited superhero advice.

  • Het zijn net mensen
    Het zijn net mensen (2015)N/A

  • Huizenjagers
    Huizenjagers (2017)N/A

  • De Cooke & Verhulst Show
    De Cooke & Verhulst Show (2021)N/A

  • De Tafel van Gert
    De Tafel van Gert (2022)N/A

  • Viva La Feta
    Viva La Feta (2022)N/A

    Jani Kazaltzis and Otto-Jan Ham are staying on the Greek island Sifnos for a month, where they have to entertain 8 famous Flemish guests and give them the holiday of a lifetime.

  • Zijn Daar Geen Beelden Van?
    Zijn Daar Geen Beelden Van? (2022)N/A

    Newspaper headlines so absurd that they are almost unbelievable... In the new Play4 program 'Are There No Images Of It?' Existing headlines of which no video exists are finally brought into view.

  • Masters of Madness
    Masters of Madness (2025)N/A

    Dries Mertens and Jan Vertonghen are behind a brand new football competition: Masters of Madness. This completely new competitive experience focuses on entertainment, visual innovations, creative game changers and innovative rules. 8 teams of 10 talented players are coached by duos from different backgrounds from the sports, media or digital world. Masters of Madness is a competition that gives football extra oxygen by playing short, fast and entertaining on a smaller field. And especially with a whole series of innovative and sometimes slightly distorted rules.

  • JAMES & Co
    JAMES & Co (2025)N/A

    JAMES & Co is a true roller coaster with James Cooke at the controls. He gets complete carte blanche for his brand new show. 2 days a week, with 3 special guests each time from an impressive studio, with a live band, an impressive audience and a considerable dose of show, James delivers the entertainment moment of the year.